Giving Back

In this chapter, the author presents and discusses how the adventure experience facilitates a desire to give back to nature. The author analyses different types of adventure as experienced by Indian women using an autoethnographic framework to discuss the meaning-making processes of deep connection with self, values, identity, and choice-related positionality. These influence attitudes and behaviours for strengthening the relationship with nature through adventure. The implications of the results show (1) how varieties of adventure experiences impact the relationship with nature and (2) point towards understanding how women from traditional patriarchal societies participate in and identify with outdoor adventure as a transformational experience for self-growth. Further research could engage with the perspectives of diverse population groups from non-western cultures to study their meaning-making process of outdoor adventure and personal development and the impact these experiences have for giving back to nature.